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Noun
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Meanwhile, Netanyahu would only grow stronger, while his rivals—Naftali Bennett and the rest—would fade into irrelevance.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025 -
That the distance between stardom and irrelevance is measured in hits absorbed and plays missed.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
24 July 2025
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However, the roadblock facing CIOs is the inadequacy of their networks being capable of supporting future technological initiatives or ready to overcome current external challenges.—
Sander Barens,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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The early Afrikaner victories not only showed the inadequacies of the British Army but were generally welcomed around the world.—
MARGARET MACMILLAN,
Foreign Affairs,
21 July 2025
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“Pointlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pointlessness. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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